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FARRANT v. BENNETT

No. 51180.

123 N.W.2d 888 (1963)

Edward J. FARRANT, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, and Iowa Board of Parole, Des Moines, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Farrant, pro se, for appellant.

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., and John H. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

LARSON, Justice.

Petition discloses that applicant was indicted, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of murder, by the Polk County District Court in 1933. No appeal was taken.

On the 12th day of July, 1963, the petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Lee County, Iowa, and on the same day the petition was denied by the court, primarily for the reason that...

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